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To score a touchdown, one team must take the football into the opposing team's end zone.In all gridiron codes, the touchdown is scored the instant the ball touches or "breaks" the plane of the front of the goal line (that is, if any part of the ball is in the space on, above, or across the goal line) while in the possession of a player whose team is trying to score in that end zone.
In the first overtime, the team with the first series attempts to score either a touchdown or a field goal. Their possession ends when they score either a touchdown or a field goal, turn the ball over via a fumble or an interception, or fail to gain a first down. After a touchdown, a team may attempt either an extra point or a two-point conversion.
In American football, only one offensive player can be in motion at a time, cannot be moving toward the line of scrimmage at the snap, and may not be a player who is on the line of scrimmage. In Canadian football, more than one back can be in motion, and may move in any direction as long as they are behind the line of scrimmage at the snap.
In gridiron football, a two-point conversion, two-point convert, or two-point attempt is a play a team attempts instead of kicking a one-point conversion immediately after it scores a touchdown. In a two-point conversion attempt, the team that just scored must run a play from scrimmage close to the opponent's goal line and advance the ball ...
In football, the winner is the team that has scored more points at the end of the game. There are multiple ways to score in a football game. The touchdown (TD), worth six points, is the most valuable scoring play in American football. A touchdown is scored when a live ball is advanced into, caught, or recovered in the opposing team's end zone. [54]
In American football, a touchback is a ruling that is made and signaled by an official when the ball becomes dead on or behind a team's own goal line (i.e., in their end zone) and the opposing team gave the ball the momentum, or impetus, to travel over the goal line, but did not have possession of the ball when it became dead. [1]
Tom Brady has 649 passing touchdowns, the most in NFL history. In American football, passing, along with running (also referred to as rushing), is one of the two main methods of advancing the ball down the field. Passes are typically attempted by the quarterback, but any offensive player can throw one, provided they are behind the line of scrimmage. To qualify as a passing play, the ball must ...
Meaning Leader: The player who recorded the most rushing touchdowns in the NFL TDs: The total number of rushing touchdowns the player had GP: The number of games played by a player during the season [A] † Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame ^ Active player * Set the single-season rushing touchdowns record (#)